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There is no “advertising” on the ThinkStretch workbooks.  Other summer learning books blare “Just 10 minutes a day”, “More Pages than Summer Days”, “Common Core Aligned”, “Best Value”.  ThinkStretch recognizes that none of this means anything to a kid – and the kid is the one who perseveres over the summer to complete the workbook. Everything…

The Parent Guide to Summer was written because parents asked for it. At the original parent idea sharing meetings, parents talked about how nice it would be to have their own summer learning guide.   Researchers tell us parents have the most anxiety in the summer about keeping kids involved in productive activities. ThinkStretch created the…

eachers give summer homework – not parents.  Students know what to do when the teacher gives them homework.  They take it home, complete it, and turn it back into the teacher.  Parents are great parents, and teachers are great teachers.  Life can get confusing when a parent starts assigning summer homework that the teacher did…

Summer arrives every year before teachers are ready for it.  We know its coming every year.  Every year we have the best laid plans to finish the curriculum, have time to neatly close out the year, and send home a meaningful packet of activities for students – and every year we slide into summer barely holding…

Ever notice the margin drawings of Brain and his friends in the ThinkStretch summer workbooks?  Link those drawings together, and you will travel with Brain on a summer road trip, or meet his first pet, or build a fort to beat all forts. In the 4th grade heading to 5th grade summer learning book, Brain goes…

What’s the difference between ThinkStretch and everyone else? While other companies only care care if you purchase the workbook, I care if you finish the workbook. When I was designing the ThinkStretch Summer Learning Program, my goal was to return all of my children’s classmates to school in the fall with all the knowledge that they…

Kicking off a summer learning program is easy as 1-2-3-…4 with the ThinkStretch Summer Learning Program Coordinator materials.  In just four easy steps your school can offer a summer learning program that supports every student, teacher and family at your school. It is one thing to send home a collection of leftover worksheets, a workbook, or…

ThinkStretch is proud to work with several districts as its preferred parent resource for summer skill maintenance.  If, for some reason, a school district cannot purchase the program for the entire school or through a group kit sale, it can still bring ThinkStretch to students as a recommended summer learning resource. Districts have the option…